Lakeboat may well be the Okanagan’s most tucked-away winery hiding in plain sight. The management team of owner Tara Mathison and GM / winemaker Mireille Sauvé has emerged as a dynamic duo that’s transformed this previously struggling property into a serious contender.
Alpha Tasters Guide is a quick summary of where to go and what to taste at Vancouver International Wine Festival, 2025. The chance for consumers and trade to meet the people who grow the grapes and make the wine face to face adds up to a unique opportunity.
Forage is closing. How sad! The hyper locally-focused destination room in the Listel Hotel will serve its final seating at brunch on November 17th. Its demise comes after just 12 years. During that time Forage has set the pace for sustainable dining in Vancouver. And it’s done so with singular focus and conviction that few, [...]
Winemaker’s dinners come in every iteration. But—no question—last night’s Fairview Cellars collab with Vancouver’s Provence Marinaside was one for the books—a sold-out soirée marked by myriad good tastes both in the glass and on the plate. What’s more, there was a real vibe in the room, one of genuine enjoyment [...]
TWB (The Wine Bar) at Vancouver's waterside Provence restaurant has reopened with impressive wine by the glass and on tap offerings.
After 36 years, a period in which he was instrumental in transforming the Vancouver scene, John Bishop leaves a monumental legacy.
While Prosecco DOC comes from the expansive, lower plateaus of the Veneto and Friuli, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG is grown only in a small hilly region nestled into the Dolomite foothills not far from Venice.
Sustainable seafood trailblazer and pioneering chef Robert Clark has been named a Member to the Order of Canada. (C.M.). The honour comes in recognition of his leadership in helping to found and develop Ocean Wise.
I’ve written at length about the success of Sea Star Vineyards, in part, because I enjoy a personal connection with the Gulf Islands (Northern and Southern) that spans several decades. But also because, since Sea Star emerged in the place of its struggling Pender Island predecessor, I’ve been consistently impressed by the wines every vintage. [...]
The late Harry McWatters used to say “There’s no place like the Okanagan to make sparkling wine!” McWatters was convinced that grapes coming from a triangle within the central Okanagan (between Summerland, Naramata and Okanagan Falls) consistently had the right amount of acidity to make good bubble. Harry once told me “One thing we’ve never [...]
